Novels online

Chapter 1029: Sword-Births-Heaven-and-Earth

Chapter 1029: Sword-Births-Heaven-and-Earth

“Master. . . you’ve returned? ”

Inside the cave abode, Fang Xian respectfully bowed.

“Mm, this little trinket is for you. Take it to cultivate your spiritual realm. ”

Fang Xi casually tossed it, and a green crystal sphere landed in Fang Xian’s hand.

Within the crystal sphere, there was a spiritual ganoderma wreathed in lightning.

This ganoderma was pitch-black throughout, yet the electric current on it coalesced, forming the shape of a lightning flood dragon, quite peculiar.

“Although this Lei Xuanzhi can’t compare to the Immortal Tree or Fusang Wood, it’s still considered a type of celestial root. . . ”

“Planted in your spiritual realm, it can even stimulate the surrounding area to grow some lightning-attribute heaven and earth spiritual plants. ”

This ‘Lei Xuanzhi’ was, naturally, the gift Yu Xuan had previously promised, and it was quite fitting for the Earth Immortal Way.

Perhaps she had prepared it for herself, but now that she intended to switch to the Human Immortal path, it naturally became useless, so she sent it as a gift.

Fang Xi didn’t really value it much, so he casually bestowed it upon his disciple.

“Many thanks, Master. ”

While the Earthly Immortal Fang Xi didn’t value it, the Mahayana Fang Xian still found it extremely rare and was immediately overjoyed, bowing in gratitude.

“I plan to enter secluded cultivation for a period of time. Recently, no matter who comes to visit, do not disturb me. ”

Fang Xi instructed again.

Currently, the Immortal Domain was in chaos, with ambitious individuals emerging in droves. By chance, he had become the Fengyuan Chamber of Commerce’s nominally foremost expert.

Listening to Yu Xuan’s previous intention, she even wanted him to become the person in charge.

Fang Xi, of course, didn’t want to get involved in such a vortex, so he instructed his disciple early on.

“Yes, disciple understands. ”

Fang Xian already had some understanding of his Master’s character.

What’s more, this trip to the Myriad Immortals Grand Assembly had truly been an eye-opener.

Now he also understood that even Immortals could not live a carefree life when truly major events occurred.

After such a blow and shock, his Dao heart had become even firmer. Now he only wanted to cultivate diligently!

‘Xian’er is neither arrogant nor impatient, and his Dao heart is firm. . . he would indeed be a good candidate to inherit my mantle in the future. ’

Seeing this, Fang Xi couldn’t help but secretly nod in his heart.

...

A few days later.

Inside the cave abode’s secluded chamber.

Fang Xi sat cross-legged, not rushing to comprehend the method of transforming into a Golden Immortal primordial spirit from the ‘Hunyuan Immortal Talisman’. Instead, with a flash of light in his hand, he took out an incomplete sword array diagram.

‘I didn’t expect. . . that the Dragon Mountain Five Friends would possess such an array diagram. ’

He had no interest in becoming the Thousand Sword Elder’s disciple, but he was quite interested in comprehending the array techniques and sword arts within it.

With the foundation of the Eight Gates Sword Array, Fang Xi naturally possessed an advantage in comprehending such an incomplete array diagram.

With a thought, streaks of sword qi appeared, each carrying its own radiance in the void, evolving into a small sword array.

Endless sword qi poured into the incomplete diagram, causing incredibly complex array patterns to emerge upon it.

Although this was only a tiny fraction of a sword array, the content it contained was extremely complex and diverse, as vast as a sea of stars, and all-encompassing.

“So that’s how it is. . . ”

After a few glances, Fang Xi immediately felt many of his previously accumulated doubts vanish, while at the same time, many new doubts arose.

“The circulation of the five elements forms the foundation of a world. . . adding the void, time, and life and death. . . it is, in essence, a world prototype! ”

“The Three Thousand Great Daos all lead to the same destination. . . The four cultivation arts can merge with each other, and my Path of Sword and Path of Arrays can also merge. . . ”

“The next realm after this should be ‘Sword-Births-Heaven-and-Earth’? ”

The ultimate pursuit of arrays is, in fact, to form a Minor, Middle, or even a Great Thousand World of one’s own!

However, further up the Path of Sword, there are two branches: ‘one sword breaking all techniques’ and ‘one sword giving birth to all techniques’!

‘Sword-Births-Heaven-and-Earth’ undoubtedly belongs to the domain of ‘one sword giving birth to all techniques’, and it is the absolute peak!

“It’s just that this realm is extremely difficult, which is why arrays are used as assistance. . . ”

“To construct a ‘sword world’, a mere eight immortal flying swords are far from enough; ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand would not be too many. . . ”

“Thousand Sword Elder, Thousand Sword Elder. . . so that’s how it is? ”

“I fear that even this Dao Venerable has not reached the perfected realm of ‘Sword-Births-Heaven-and-Earth’. . . ”

“But at least, I can see the road ahead clearly. . . although it’s only in terms of technique. ”

Fang Xi’s expression brightened, and the miniature Eight Gates Sword Array before him underwent a sudden, booming transformation.

Black, white, red, yellow, green. . .

The five elements circulated, faintly transforming into chaos, serving as the foundation of heaven and earth.

The chaos violently burst open; clear qi rose, turbid qi descended, transforming into the void!

Once the void was formed, time began to flow.

The four cardinal directions, above and below, constitute the ‘Yu’ (Space)! The past, present, and future comprise the ‘Zhou’ (Time)!

A phantom universe formed, and then, with the addition of the cycle of life and death, there was life. . .

Boom!

This ‘heaven and earth’ was, in the end, merely a deduction, fundamentally difficult to sustain until the birth of true life.

At the moment the ‘Laws of Life and Death’ were introduced, the small heaven and earth burst open with a roar.

“Hm? This incomplete sword array diagram seems to have a hidden secret? ”

Fang Xi’s eyes lit up.

The incomplete diagram fragment left by the Thousand Sword Elder actually concealed a layer of profundity!

In an instant!

The remnant silk radiated brilliant light, and a terrifying suction force came forth.

“Me? ”

Fang Xi felt his primordial spirit stir, about to be sucked into the vortex unleashed by the remnant silk.

Originally, at this moment, with the aid of the ‘All-Heavens Precious Mirror’, he could have directly resisted this suction force.

But Fang Xi thought for a moment, deciding that since it was only an external primordial spirit, he immediately held back. His moon-wheel-like primordial spirit appeared and entered the vortex.

...

The next moment, the world immediately changed!

“Comprehend ‘Sword-Births-Heaven-and-Earth’ to enter the ‘Sun Moon Divine Breath Great Array’, becoming a registered disciple of the Sun Moon Divine Mountain and the Thousand Sword Elder. . . ”

A mechanical, vast voice suddenly sounded within Fang Xi’s primordial spirit.

Subsequently, the incomplete silk instantly turned into ashes, leaving only a single mark that entered his primordial spirit.

The primordial spirit transformed into Fang Xi’s likeness. He raised his right hand and saw, at some unknown point, a sword-shaped mark had appeared on the back of his right hand.

At the same time, a large amount of information emerged within his primordial spirit.

“This place is the ‘Sun Moon Divine Breath Great Array’, an Eleventh-stage, or even possibly a quasi-Twelfth-stage array! ”

“Arranged by the Sun Moon Divine Mountain and the Thousand Sword Elder. . . its scope is incredibly vast, actually covering most of the True Immortal World’s regions. ”

“All cultivators recognized by the array spirit can obtain a mark of authority, allowing their primordial spirit to enter this array. . . ”

“In essence, it’s equivalent to a virtual space covering the True Immortal World. . . If the lower realms can achieve such a thing, the True Immortal World naturally can too; it’s just that those high and mighty great figures disdain to do so. ”

Having experienced much, Fang Xi immediately understood: “This must be the origin of the rumored comprehension of array diagrams and Dao Venerables accepting disciples? But I haven’t agreed yet. . . ”

Of course, he only thought this to himself.

In front of the external array spirit, he definitely wouldn’t say it aloud.

At this moment, Fang Xi finally had the leisure to survey his surroundings.

As far as the eye could see, heaven and earth were a fiery red. The ‘sun’ in the high sky was not a great sun star, but a magnificent and vast divine mountain!

Upon the land, palaces rose from the ground, emitting an indescribable Dao rhyme.

“The power of laws. . . ”

With a slight movement, earth-attribute laws converged into a small, earthy yellow mountain. He immediately fell silent: “As expected of an Eleventh-stage array, I can’t even discern the authenticity of this law simulation. . . ”

Although they were both virtual spaces, covering the True Immortal World versus covering an ordinary Minor Thousand World naturally presented different levels of difficulty.

Not to mention anything else, even if Fang Xi had refined the Earthly Immortal World now, asking the Kyushu School to set up a virtual space covering the Earthly Immortal World, even if Tumo and Ghost Axe worked themselves to death, they wouldn’t be able to do it!

Not to mention, the level of realism was simply astonishing!

At least Fang Xi couldn’t discern a single flaw.

According to the cultivation world’s hierarchy, Mahayana is Eighth-stage, True Immortal is Ninth-stage, and only Dao Monarchs are Tenth-stage!

Dao Venerables, on the other hand, are Eleventh-stage!

The Thousand Sword Elder, reigning supreme with sword arrays, was undoubtedly an array master of at least the Eleventh-stage!

The ‘Sun Moon Divine Breath Great Array’ he arranged was indeed like another world!

‘However. . . it still hasn’t achieved a Dao Fruit. ’

With a thought, Fang Xi felt that he could still leave at any time with the aid of the ‘All-Heavens Precious Mirror’. A wave of relief washed over him, mixed with a hint of fear.

After he met the requirements and gained the authority to enter this Eleventh-stage immortal array, the array spirit transmitted basic information to him.

“What the Thousand Sword Elder said before was true; he indeed wanted to find an inheritor disciple. . . ”

“Those array diagrams were merely cast wide. . . only those who truly comprehend the Dao of ‘Sword-Births-Heaven-and-Earth’ from the array diagrams can enter. ”

“Within this grand array, there are thousand-faced jade steles, all bearing the Thousand Sword Elder’s sword array insights. . . ”

“Registered disciples who pass the first round of selection will be able to comprehend many of the true teachings of ‘Sword-Births-Heaven-and-Earth’ from these thousand-faced jade steles. . . If someone satisfies the Thousand Sword Elder, this Dao Venerable will naturally appear and accept them as an official disciple, or even a direct disciple! Currently, there are tens of thousands of registered disciples who can freely enter and exit this place? ”

“Fortunately. . . ”

Upon learning this, Fang Xi’s heart relaxed.

It seemed it was merely for registered disciples, not enough to attract the attention of that Dao Venerable.

But immediately, he became speechless again: ‘The North Star Immortal Domain truly is a backwater place. The number of Immortals in this single array space alone is more than an entire domain, and among these tens of thousands of Immortals, there is no shortage of Dao Monarch-level existences. . . ’

‘I even suspect that the Illusory Annihilation Dao Monarch might have been a member here once. Of course, to achieve Dao Monarch, one must have at least been an official disciple. . . ’

‘Even the lowest-ranked registered disciples are Immortals! ’

‘Not just Immortals, but Immortals with outstanding talent in either sword dao or array formations, capable of comprehending the introductory level of ‘Sword-Births-Heaven-and-Earth’. . . their quality is much higher than ordinary Immortals. ’

‘As for this criterion, I wonder what exactly the standard is? ’

Fang Xi knew that although he had seen the path ahead clearly, his comprehension of ‘Sword-Births-Heaven-and-Earth’ was, at most, a drop in the ocean!

No, it should be said, a grain in the vast ocean!

Even so, in the entire North Star Immortal Domain, he could be considered among the top.

‘True Immortal World. . . so vast! ’

‘Sun Moon Divine Mountain. . . so powerful! ’

‘But. . . one day, I will still surpass it. ’

Fang Xi felt an unparalleled confidence in his heart.

Since he was already here, he immediately transformed into a streak of light and headed towards the thousand-faced jade steles.

“The Thousand Sword Elder’s legacy? I might as well take a look. . . ”

The update tomorrow morning might be slightly delayed